Services provider Golar LNG has floating liquefied natural gas technology that could prove to be a strategic asset for the British-French major, one of the largest operators in central Africa.
Banks are reactivating a financial package tested in 2023 and which helped avoid a fuel crisis so the Congolese government can repay $385m in subsidy arrears to oil operators.
Formerly active in Senegal's oil sector, the tycoon's Prospectiuni firm has decided not to renew its four-year gold exploration licence in the Kédougou region, which is due to expire soon.
Former diplomats in charge of Donald Trump's Africa policy want him to include recognition of Somaliland's independence in his programme. But regional tensions mean not everyone is convinced.
William Ruto's appointment of five opposition politicians to government jobs has further clipped the wings of his deputy Rigathi Gachagua, who must also contend with a reconfigured opposition in his own central Kenyan fiefdom.
The Tanzanian president has initiated a major reorganisation within the ruling CCM party. Foreign minister Makamba, who had pondered a run to chair the African Union's executive branch, is the first to pay the price.
After a two-year legal battle, the Mauritanian Export Trading Group conglomerate has been ordered to compensate its rival, which had accused it of spreading false information about a cargo of soya it had exported to India.
France's U-turn on Western Sahara was personally supported by Mohammed VI and Emmanuel Macron, while the role of French diplomats and the king's foreign affairs adviser in the talks was decisive.
The Algerian government is bracing for renewed tensions with former colonial power France after recalling ambassador Saïd Moussi from Paris but is keen for them not to spill over into the economy.
France's Egis Rail has won the tender for the project to extend the Kenitra-Marrakech high-speed rail line.
